Aroma Mediterranean Resto Bar

Aromas was delicious, good atmosphere, tasty food and good company. We got the Baked Spiced Goat Cheese. It was Goats Cheese Rolled In Spiced Nuts With An Apple Rosemary Compote, Wonton Chips, Flatbread And A Black Berry Paint. 

We were recommended a red Sterling wine and it was great. Aimee had the Northern Saskatchewan Pickerel and Sarah had the Streak and Mushroom Not Pot Pie. Both were delicious! Would go back to try the fire-over-pizzas those also looked good. Not very many dessert options, so we made our own :)

Check out the menu: Here!

- Sarah & Aimee

Pottery- Becoming a Part of the Guild!

If you hate Mondays you should take a pottery class! It will make you excited fore Monday night and its a great start to your week. Aimee and I took a class through the Saskatoon Potters Guild. 

Leather Hard- Before Firing!

After Glazing!

 The first thing you will learn to do is center your pottery on the wheel. Sounds easy enough, but it can be quite difficult especially if your a perfectionist! The second thing you will learn to do it throw a cylinder. Once you master cylinders you can learn to make handles to make a mug. After cylindars you learn to make bowls, which have a round bottom. From this you and further master creamers and sugar bowls. If its a flop it turns out to be a spoon rest, great idea!

 

Aimee's Creations :)

Sarah: What are you going to make today?

Aimee: Well I'm going to try for a bowl, but we will see how it turns out..

(Everything doesn't always turn out exactly how you planned it, which is all part of the fun!)

- Aimee & Sarah

Sailor Dan

Many people recognize this man walking around town. He is know an Sailor Dan for his ship sketches and unmistakable personality. He is so famous that he 12 729 likes on facebook!  "In Saskatoon, he's a novelty, he sticks out like a sore thumb." -StarPhoenix

One of Sailor Dan's Sketches

"His red shoes, green socks and yellow corduroy pants are complemented by a shiny dollar sign belt buckle. A worn-down mermaid tattoo is visible below his rolled up sleeves. His coffee sits on the table to his left -- no cream, two scoops of sugar. Directly in front of him is a clean white bristol board. He takes out one of the six black Sharpie pens hooked to his shirt collar, lifts off his fluorescent orange Mickey Mouse hat, slicks back his silver and black hair and begins to draw, one line at a time." 

 "Sailor Dan" - StarPhoenix

 

What a great Saskatoon souvenir, eh?

Sarah: "Im going to Thailand!"

Sailor Dan: "How are you getting there?"

Sarah: "Im taking a plane."

Sailor Dan: "Ohh.." 

(He was so sad I wasn't sailing across the ocean! Haha)

- Sarah & Aimee

an artistic reflection of: urban sprawl

The art show was a success! Aimee sold a couple painting and Sarah sold some photos and  cards. This event took place at Joos Yoga Studio. 

Painting, photos an cards are still available!

Thanks to all our our friends and family for coming out and supporting us!  

 

 A big thank-you goes out to Dawn Falconer, our event coordinator and friend.

(falconers@sasktel.net)

Also, thanks to the musician, Wayne Bargen. 

(waynebargen@sasktel.net)

  

 This is Aimee doing live art! She finished the painting at the show.

So Great! - Aimee & Sarah

Eggplant: Nutritious and Delicious

Nutritious: Eggplants, the scary looking purple veggie found at the supermarket, are very nutritional! They contain no fat are high in fiber and have many vitamins and minerals. Also, they are high in chlorogenic acid, an antioxidant that has antimicrobial and antiviral activities along with the ability to help lower bad cholesterol. Eggplant is also a source of the antioxidant nasunin. Nasunin is primarily found in the skin of the vegetable and helps to fight cancer. Great!

Delicious: Eggplant Fries are Delicious! Aimee and I found an intriguing recipe for our new friend the eggplant and decided to make fries, always a good idea. They were scrumptious and healthy!

The Recipe was from: Eggplant Fries Recipe

Aimee's New Friend Eggy :)

Eggy got all chopped up! :(

But, we cant just have Eggy for dinner!

 We decided to make pasta, with fresh farmers market tomatoes, in a homemade pasta sauce.

Pasta Sauce: (Serves 2)

• 4 plump tomatoes
• A couple cherry tomatoes sliced in half
• Wine to taste (~2 Tbsp) - Preferably the wine you are drinking with dinner
• Salt and Pepper
• Garlic clove
• Olive Oil
• 1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
• Basil
• Dehydrogenated Onion Flakes

In a large frying pan saute garlic in olive oil. Blend plump tomatoes in blender and add to frying pan. Add all other ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.

 And... Asparagus!

Pan fried asparagus with lemon infused pepper and parmesan!

YUMMM!

Love Aimee and Sarah

Cava Wines

Newest and Greatest Discovery of our Saskatoon Adventures! Cava Wines, downtown Saskatoon is our newest home!

Reading about this place online sort of kept us from even entering the building.. conveniently located across from Farmer's Market! We were under the impression that you needed a membership to go here.. Boy were we pleasantly wrong!!

Cava Wines has amazing selection of wines for purchase, and best of all, there is a 12 wine tasting machine! You purchase a wine card and put some $$ on it for sampling! SOOOO wonderful!

Sarah and I just stood there and sampled wine while the British man kept walking by and giving us his two sense! So great! This place brings a huge smile to any wine lovers face! Great service & great wines ("that aren't sold in regular liquor stores"-British man employee)

Cava Wines - Check them out!

Such a Lovely Discovery! Amazing!

NEW Wine was a NO GO!

 

This wine was given to me as a, "thanks for letting me borrow your notes from the whole year gift." So I told the guy to surprise me.. and BOY WERE WE surprised. Ended up taking a sip and dumping the rest down the drain it was so AWWWEful. Not the best (0.001/10), but its good to try new things! Live and Learn! 

xox Sarah & Aimee